“It’s a long injury but I feel good and positive. I can’t wait to get my rehab done properly and get back playing.

“We were in training on the astroturf and I’ve rolled my foot over the ball, my foot’s been planted in the astroturf and I suddenly felt a pop in my knee. I don’t remember much after that to be honest - it was very painful though, I remember that!

“The operation was an ACL reconstruction. They’ve taken a graft from my patella tendon and replaced the old ligament with that. The operation went really well and the surgeon was really happy with it.

“This injury normally means six to nine months, but we’re hoping it will be between six and seven because the operation went so well.”